(A fictional account. So far.)
He could have saved the world today. But he didn’t. He could have reached over and grabbed the hand of that officer sitting next to him, before he made the fatal move. But that’s not the kind of guy he was.
No, in fact he was just like that officer. A nice guy. He made no waves. He respected authority and did what he was told. He complied with the established order. He lived his life trying to be as normal and humdrum as possible, in his every thought and action.
He was very nice.
So when the order came down to launch the preemptive nuclear strike, and he saw that the officer sitting next to him was going to comply with that order, he froze. In his mind, just for a split-desperate-second, he grabbed the officer by the arm and wrestled him to the floor. And saved the world. And his family. And himself.
But he quickly rejected that thought and braced himself for inevitable annihilation. Because he was just too nice a guy to do anything else.
Just like all the other nice guys who responded to orders today without question, but instead with a “Yes sir” or “Yes ma’am”.
And that is how the world came to an end today. Not at the hands of bad guys.
But at the hands of nice guys.
Categories: Opinion
Chasing Unicorns 
I never trust nice people. There’s always a subtext to what they’re doing and that subtext seems to work in their favor. In my experience, that is.
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As for me, it’s their failure to think and act for themselves that leaves me distrustful. It does hint of a hidden agenda. Either that or cowardice. But when people don’t look out for themselves they can’t serve the greater good either, in my view.
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Well . . . maybe it’s time to reset the planet and start over . . . without us.
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Could be, but I’d kind of like to stick around for a while longer. I want to see how it all ends.
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Me too ~> in uncertainty lies all possibility.
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Well, he gets the satisfaction of being a nice guy… but not for long. 🙂
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Being nice does have its hazards.
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This post gave me chills. It’s too true. Thank heavens I’m not nice, maybe I’ll survive.
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I think it improves your chances. Just stay far away from Ground Zero.
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Good thing I’m not nice..
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Yes. And you would never blow up the world. Unless maybe they took away all your nachos.
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That right. No one messes with my nachos!
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Dark. Very dark.
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It’s the dark side of nice, I guess.
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Everything has a flip side, so it stands to reason that nice does too.
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